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Mark Anthony Jones is one of the lucky ones. When the Boynton Beach man leaves prison in November — after serving more than 16 years of a life sentence for selling two ounces of crack cocaine — a job waits at his brother's renovation business. It's unlikely jobs also will be waiting for the other 45 federal prisoners whose onerous sentences President Obama commuted last week. It was the most commutations at one time by a president in 50 years. The inmates are among the millions of Americans who have become collateral damage in this nation's failed War on Drugs. At the federal level, at least, it looks as if we are finally ready to concede this failure. ...

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